Friday, January 16, 2015

Okay, yes. This is another one I picked up when trolling for dystopian books with aliens. Turns out it is also YA. Don't hate on me for that, k? I can't help it that no one seems to be writing books for adults with this criteria. At least not ones without zombies.

Whispers in Autumn is the first book in a four part series. When Althea (our heroine) finds out she is Dissident my first thought was, of course, Divergent by Veronica Roth where Tris is also not like the people of her town. But this book is not a new take on Divergent. Other than hiding the fact that she's Dissident from everyone, Althea and Tris don't have much in common.

Althea is not a Dauntless hidden in Abnegation clothing. She's a scared teenager who has trouble controlling her emotions, and no clue why she jumps to different seasons, and different families, in the blink of an eye. All she knows is she's not like everyone else and she has no idea why. It leaves her isolated and lonely. Then she meets Lucas and he's not like everyone else either.Danger, conspiracy, mind-control, and supernatural abilities abound and turn these mysteries into a book that kept me interested all the way through. It certainly ended before I wanted it too.

Often, when I read a book that is part of a series, I will probably not read on into the rest of the series. You have to have really caught my interest with your characters and story for me to want to do that when there are so many great stories out there just waiting for me. In this case, I finished Whispers in Autumn yesterday and bought it's sequel Winter Omens today.

What does that tell you? I really liked it. I also love that when the four covers are put together we get a complete picture! Very clever cover design here.

As of the time of this post Whispers in Autumn was free for Kindle, but I do not guarantee that is still the case. Want to check it out for yourself? Click here to find it on Amazon. (Always double-check price before one-clicking!)

What is your favorite book series? Please tell me in the comments?

Book Blurb:In 2015, a race of
alien Others conquered Earth. They enslaved humanity not by force, but
through an aggressive mind control that turned people into contented,
unquestioning robots.

Except sixteen-year-old Althea isn’t
content at all, and she doesn’t need the mysterious note inside her
locket to tell her she’s Something Else. It also warns her to trust no
one, so she hides the pieces that make her different, even though it
means being alone.

Then she meets Lucas, everything changes.

Althea
and Lucas are immune to the alien mind control, and together they
search for the reason why. What they uncover is a stunning truth the
Others never anticipated, one with the potential to free the brainwashed
human race.

It’s not who they are that makes them special, but what.

And what they are is a threat. One the Others are determined to eliminate for good.

About the author:

Trisha Leigh

Trisha Leigh is a product of
the Midwest, which means it’s pop, not soda, garage sales, not tag
sales, and you guys as opposed to y’all. Most of the time. She’s been
writing seriously for five years now, and has published 4 young adult
novels and 4 new adult novels (under her pen name Lyla Payne). Her
favorite things, in no particular order, include: reading, Game of
Thrones, Hershey’s kisses, reading, her dogs (Yoda and Jilly), summer,
movies, reading, Jude Law, coffee, and rewatching WB series from the
90’s-00’s.

Her family is made up of farmers and/or almost rock
stars from Iowa, people who numerous, loud, full of love, and the kind
of people that make the world better. Trisha tries her best to honor
them, and the lessons they’ve taught, through characters and
stories—made up, of course, but true enough in their way.

Trisha
is the author of THE LAST YEAR series and the WHITMAN UNIVERSITY books.
She’s represented by Kathleen Rushall at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.

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